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It would have been great if RedBox had issued horse to go with the foot, but I only need seven figures anyway. There are two LH elements, which means four figures, and a cavalry option, which is three. But the LH and the Cav are completely different. For LH, I need barefoot, javelin-hurling, tunic-wearing minis […]

So, one week of indoor painting. Here’s where I’m up to. I’m happy with the bases (Psiloi are done) which suggest the rich emerald green of bogs, rather than forest, which is their home terrain. I have not a single mounted mini for this army, but I have ideas for where I can find some.

The hamlet and village sections are complete now. I used carpentry quality PVA (white glue) from Gorilla to stick coloured flock around buildings to disguise gaps. In the event, I decided the existing orchard trees I have look too big against the farmhouse, so left the garden painted only. It’s a large enough open area […]

It’s been a heck of a long time since my last wargame, but my usual opponent Angry Anderson found himself family-free and after a TTG version of an RPG session, we went one game on a standard dimension table. The only difference between our set-up and the rules was that I laid down the terrain […]

This army is designed to morph with Amorites and Old Babylonians, and its Psiloi are pretty generic too. The Mitanni strength is in its Light Chariots: it has 6 including the General element. Foot were [most likely] drawn from a number of subject people that inhabited the area once conquered by Amorites. These people also […]

In the reverse match of game one, Assyrians got to defend their own arable ground. At last, a chance for the mighty HCh to sweep the impudent raiders away! Or not, as it turned out. The Assyrian position was a road smack down the middle, a steep hill on the right half-way to the enemy, […]